China News Service, July 12th, according to the official Weibo news of the Ministry of Emergency Management, the National Defense Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management, together with the State Food and Material Reserve Bureau, have allocated 93,000 central disaster relief tents, folding beds, quilts, blankets and towels, etc. Materials have strongly supported local disaster relief work.
Data Map: Armed police officers and soldiers carry sandbags on the front line of flood control in Poyang County, Jiangxi. Photo by Xu Shucan
On July 12, the State Defense Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management continued to hold video consultation and scheduling meetings for flood control and flood control in key provinces, and organized consultations with the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Natural Resources, and the China Meteorological Administration to determine the current development trend of rain and flood conditions. Video scheduling in Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan and other key areas will further arrange for the implementation of various tasks for flood control, flood relief, and disaster relief.
Affected by the continuous heavy rainfall, the water level of the main stream in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake and Taihu Lake have been rising continuously. Over-guaranteeed and over-historic floods have occurred in many tributaries such as the Changjiang River and the Shuiyang River in Anhui. The water level of the lower reaches of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake and Taihu Lake continued to exceed the alarm level, and the situation of flood control and flood control was severe.
At 16:00 on the 12th, the water level of the Poyang Lake and Hukou Station was close to the guaranteed water level of 22.50 meters. According to the relevant provisions of the "National Flood Control and Drought Relief Emergency Plan", after consultation and study, the National Defense General Administration decided to raise the flood response level III emergency response to level II, and Send notices to relevant areas, request close monitoring of changes in rain and water conditions, timely adjust emergency response levels, strengthen the implementation of corresponding measures for flood control, flood relief and disaster relief, ensure the safety of people's lives, and do their best to reduce disaster losses. The Ministry of National Defense and the Emergency Management Department dispatched working groups and expert groups led by ministerial leaders to rush to Jiangxi and other places to guide flood prevention and relief work.
The meeting emphasized that all local governments should fully understand the current severe situation, unify their thoughts and actions, and strictly implement various flood control responsibilities. The persons responsible for flood control should be in position and commanded by the front, and the beach area, flood storage and detention area and flood diversion channel should be used well. Prepare and carefully organize flood and discharge work; strictly implement 24-hour rolling consultation, accurately analyze and judge the development trend of rain and water conditions, dangerous conditions and disasters, scientifically organize flood prevention and relief work, strengthen the patrol and defense of important embankments of rivers, and do well in small and medium-sized river flood and mountain flood geology Disaster prevention, early warning and transfer of risk avoidance for disasters, urban waterlogging and other disasters, implementation of emergency rescue, personnel evacuation plans and disaster prevention measures; all efforts must be made to prepare for major flood prevention, anti-flood flooding, major emergency rescue and disaster relief , Improve various types of emergency plans for flood control and flood control, strengthen flood control and disaster relief materials reserves, coordinate the deployment of emergency rescue forces, implement precision rescue and scientific rescue, and effectively ensure the safety of people's lives.
According to the requests of Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guizhou provinces, the Ministry of National Defense and Emergency Management, together with the National Grain and Materials Reserve Bureau, transferred 11 tents to the emergency organizations of Hunan and Guizhou on the 12th. , 5000 folding beds, 10,000 bed quilts, 10,000 blankets and 5,000 bed towels. Since entering the flood season, 93,000 central relief materials such as tents, folding beds, quilts, blankets and towel quilts have been allocated, which has strongly supported local disaster relief efforts.